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Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Over 1,000 entries have been tallied through seven levels of play in the third starting flight!
Registration and unlimited reentry remains open until the start of Level 10 around 5 p.m.
2026 Arizona State Poker Championship
$1,100 Arizona State Poker Championship
Day: 1c
Players Left 600 / 4,018
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748,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Action picked up four-ways to a J♥9♣6♥ flop in a single-raised pot. It folded to the button who bet 3,000. The big blind then check-jammed for her 22,700 stack. Ryan Hughes called from early position before the cutoff rejammed for 55,900 total. The button got out of the way, but Hughes called as the covering stack to put both opponents at risk.
Big Blind: J♦7♥ 
Cutoff: A♥2♥
Ryan Hughes: Q♥10♥
The big blind flopped top pair while the cutoff had the nut flush draw. Hughes had an open-ended straight draw along with an inferior flush draw.
However, the offsuit K♣ would roll off on the turn to give Hughes the straight, and he held through the 2♠ river to scoop a massive one.
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
The players are taking their second 15-minute break of the day.
The clock reads 950 entries, bring the running total to 2,717, while all 621 seats in the room are still occupied today.
Play resumes in Level 7 with blinds of 400/800.
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
A pot was brewing three-ways with the board reading Q♣9♥4♦J♥ on the turn with a little under 25,000 in the middle already.
Max Gibbons jammed first-to-act from the middle position for his 30,600 stack. Dawn Mougel on his left took a while before she folded, and Vicky Khaov in the hijack would go into a tank of her own before she called to put Gibbons at risk.
Max Gibbons: Q♠J♠
Vicky Khaov: A♥A♦
Gibbons had turned two pair to crack the aces of Khaov, who could still find a third ace or counterfeit her opponent. However, the river was the 2♠, and Gibbons held on to double his stack
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
A played limped opened to 1,200 under the gun and was flatted by the hijack. In the small blind, Ahmad Sahak squeezed to 5,300. The under the gun player then four-bet to 16,000. The hijack folded before Sahak jammed as the covering stack. His opponent tanked for around 30 seconds before he committed his 29,000 stack after already putting in over half.
Under the Gun: A♠J♥
Ahmad Sahak: K♥K♣
Sahak was in good shape to score the elimination as the Q♣J♦10♦ flop paired his opponent, but took away his ace as an out. The board ran out 7♠9♥, giving Sahak a straight on the end to send an opponent to the rail
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
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Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
